lecture 4 Noun and Noun Phrases 英语语法教学课件.ppt

Classification of noun phrases Simple Noun , Compound Noun, Derivative Noun Function of noun phrases The noun phrase can function as all the elements in a sentence except the predicate verb. Number forms of nouns Nounber forms of individual nouns Number forms of nouns Number forms of the collective noun Number forms of nouns Number forms of the material noun Number forms of nouns Number forms of the abstract noun Number forms of nouns Number forms of the abstract noun Number forms of nouns Number forms of the abstract noun Number forms of nouns Number forms of the abstract noun Number forms of nouns Number forms of the proper noun Partitives General partitives Partitives Partitives related to the shape of things Partitives Partitives related to volumn Partitives Partitives related to the state of action Partitives Partitives denoting pairs, groups, flocks, etc. * * Lecrure 4 Noun and Noun Phrases According to the formation: According to the lexical meaning: Common Noun, Proper Noun According to the grammatical features: Count/ Countable Noun Non-count / Uncountable Noun Individual Noun Collective Noun Material Noun Abstract Noun Common Noun Proper Noun Count / Countable Noun Non-count / Uncountable Noun 1. Children at play seldom remember what time it is. 2. That was an attractive little black chair. 3. In the hall I saw some extremely valuable pictures. 4. They elected him chairman of the board. 5. Mr Brown, director of the coal mine, should be responsible for the accident. 6. Teachers should be concerned about the students’ moral culture. 7. He returned last night. 8. A photo is taken each time this button is pushed. subject subject complement object object complement appositive subject complement adverbial conjunction Regular plural Individual nouns are all countable and therefore have singular and plural forms. Irregular plural base + -s/-es deer, fish, sheep,etc goose, foot, tooth,etc. phenomonen, bactetium, ect. Collective nouns used as plu